Regular season and playoffsNYI
Stefan Persson's 1978-1979 season
Defenceman Stefan Persson was 23 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 10 goals and 56 assists for 66 points, 0.85 points per game. He finished third in the Swedish points race and finished 40th in the NHL. He also won the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 4 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1978-1979Playoffs
- Year 197848 years agoSeason opener
Stefan Persson plays the 1978-1979 season for New York Islanders
Stefan was 23 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI2–2BUFgame 1/80
1His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG1PPP - The gameNYI7–10TORLgame 2/802His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- The gameMTL1–3NYIWgame 3/801His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI5–3PITWgame 4/801His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR3–5NYIWgame 5/803His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG2PPP
- The gamePHI4–4NYIgame 6/801His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- The gameNYI5–8AFMLgame 7/801His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- The gameVAN2–5NYIWgame 8/805His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- The gameCLR5–8NYIWgame 9/801His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- November 1978
- +1 assistThe gameNYI1–4BOSLgame 10/801His night+1P+1A-2+/-1SOG1PPP
- The gameWSH1–4NYIWgame 11/803His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameMNS2–5NYIWgame 12/803His night+1P+1A+2+/-0SOG
- +1 goalThe gameAFM2–4NYIWgame 13/801His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG
- The gameCLR2–2NYIgame 15/801His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- The gameNYI4–2WSHWgame 16/803His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +3 pointsThe gamePHI2–8NYIWgame 17/801His night+3P+1G+2A+5+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI7–1CLRWgame 18/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI5–2VANWgame 20/804His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8019points#1NHL#304goals#5NHL#10715assists#2NHL#12+12+/-NHL#7NYI14-3-0W-L-OT31Points2nd in the whole NHL - The gameNYI5–5LAKgame 21/80His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- December 1978
- The gameNYI5–2CLRWgame 22/801His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- The gamePIT3–3NYIgame 23/801His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameSTL1–7NYIWgame 24/802His nightNo points+5+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI3–2TORWgame 25/802His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–4MTLLgame 26/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameLAK5–5NYIgame 27/801His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET1–4NYIWgame 28/803His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG2PPP
- The gameNYI2–2STLgame 29/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–0DETWgame 30/803His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameSTL1–5NYIWgame 31/802His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR4–9NYIWgame 32/803His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR1–5NYIWgame 33/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameNYI10–4AFMWgame 34/801His night+3P+3A+1+/-1SOG3PPP
Year 197947 years ago- The gameVAN0–9NYIWgame 36/803His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–3PHILgame 37/801His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gamePHI1–5NYIWgame 38/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- The gameLAK1–7NYIWgame 39/80His nightNo points+3+/-0SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI5–5DETgame 40/803His night+2P+2A-2+/-3SOG2PPP
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8036points#3NHL#346goals#7NHL#14930assists#1NHL#11+28+/-NHL#4NYI27-5-0W-L-OT62Points1st in the whole NHL - The gameNYI4–1AFMWgame 41/801His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- The gameNYI1–1PHIgame 42/801His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH2–6NYIWgame 43/802His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG2PPP
- The gameNYI3–5NYRLgame 44/803His nightNo points-3+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCHI2–4NYIWgame 45/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYI2–1CHIWgame 46/801His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR7–2NYILgame 48/803His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameMNS5–4NYILgame 49/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- February 1979
- The gameNYI4–1PHIWgame 50/801His nightNo points+3+/-2SOG
- The gameBOS4–4NYIgame 51/801His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–5CHILgame 52/801His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameCLR1–6NYIWgame 53/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG
MilestoneStefan Persson reaches 100 career points
in the game against Colorado Rockies · February 13
- +1 assistThe gameNYI1–2BUFLgame 54/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI5–3VANWgame 55/803His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI8–3LAKWgame 56/801His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameSTL1–6NYIWgame 57/801His night+1P+1A+2+/-0SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameDET1–3NYIWgame 58/803His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–3NYRLgame 59/803His night+1P+1A-1+/-0SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played52points#3NHL#377goals#9NHL#17545assists#1NHL#8+33+/-NHL#4NYI39-11-0W-L-OT88PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the whole NHL - March 1979
- The gameNYI2–3AFMLgame 61/801His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameBUF3–2NYILgame 63/801His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG
- The gameNYI5–5STLgame 64/802His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCHI1–7NYIWgame 65/801His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–4BOSgame 66/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-0SOG1PPP
- The gameBOS2–7NYIWgame 67/801His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameTOR2–6NYIWgame 68/802His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR2–5NYIWgame 69/802His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG2PPP
- The gameNYI5–3MNSWgame 70/802His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI5–3MTLWgame 71/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
MilestoneStefan Persson reaches 100 career assists
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · March 22
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–3NYIgame 72/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYI2–2PITgame 73/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameBUF0–2NYIWgame 75/801His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- April 1979
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–6WSHLgame 76/803His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG1PPP
- The gameAFM2–3NYIWgame 77/801His nightNo points+2+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI3–1PHIWgame 78/801His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- The gamePHI2–9NYIWgame 79/801His nightNo points+2+/-0SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI5–2NYRWgame 80/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-0SOG1PPP
The season in numbersStefan Persson closes the 1978-1979 season with 66 points
Events66career best in points10career best in goals56career best in assists56first among the Swedes in assists100career assists100career points100NHL games9 i radgames with a point · 10 pts8 days laterPlayoffsNew York Islanders are in the playoffs
QuarterfinalNew York Islanders meet Chicago Blackhawks
NYIvsCHISwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on Chicago BlackhawksNo Swedes- +1 assistGame 1CHI2–6NYIW1His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG1PPP
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2CHI0–1NYIW1His nightNo points0+/-6SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3NYI4–0CHIW1His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- New York Islanderslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- +1 assistGame 4NYI3–1CHIW1His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG
QuarterfinalNew York Islanders knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0
NYI4–0CHIAdvance4Games2Points0Goals2Assists4 days laterSemifinalNew York Islanders meet New York Rangers
NYIvsNYRSwedes on New York IslandersSwedes on New York Rangers- Game 1NYR4–1NYIL2His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- +1 assistGame 2NYR3–4NYIW2His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- May 1979
- New York Islandersare1–1withNew York Rangers
- Game 3NYI1–3NYRL2His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
- Game 4NYI3–2NYRW2His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- New York Islandersare2–2withNew York Rangers
- Game 5NYR4–3NYIL2His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- New York Rangerslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
- +1 assistGame 6NYI1–2NYRL2His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
SemifinalNew York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–2
NYI2–4NYREliminated6Games2Points0Goals2AssistsThe run in numbersStefan Persson ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 4 points
CHI4–0→NYR2–4